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Calling party identification announcement service

  • US 5,729,592 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1996
  • Issued: 03/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing CPIAS (calling party identification announcement service), comprising the steps of:

  • responsive to receipt of an incoming or intra-office call to a called number, determining whether the called number has CPIAS;

    responsive to a determination that the called number has CPIAS, establishing a connection between a terminating switch of said call and a service circuit node/intelligent peripheral (SCN/IP);

    querying a data base to determine a textual version of a name assigned to a calling number of said call;

    providing said textual version to said SCN/IP;

    establishing a connection from said SCN/IP to a called station of said called number;

    said SCN/IP converting said textual version to an announcement comprising said name and playing said announcement to said called station;

    billing said calling number for said incoming or intra-office call in the switch connected to said calling number; and

    billing said called number, for the use of the SCN/IP in said terminating switch.

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